dear friends Let us not compare arr 90's with 2000+, reasons are as below, 1990- 1995 - ARR is CITY STAR (popular in chennai) for chennaities kadalan, bombay, tiruda.. 1995 - 2000 - ARR is TAMIL STAR (popular in tamilnadu) for giving movies like karuthamma,tajmahal, padayappa, sangamam.. 2000 - 2005 - ARR is INDIAN STAR (popular in india) for giving movies like RDB, ALAIPAYUTHE, LAGAAN, MANGAL PANDEY,... 2005 - 2010 - ARR is GLOBAL STAR (popular in hollywood) for giving movies like SDM, ENTHIRAN, VTV, RAVAN.. 2010-2015 ARR will be the UNIVERSAL STAR (popular in world),,,for giving movies like xxx, xxxxxxxx,....(names censored) hope u all agree with ARR/s growth, let us proud of him being indian ... regards guru
--- On Mon, 8/16/10, Indmov Buff <[email protected]> wrote: From: Indmov Buff <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [arr] THE RAHMAN TODAY---doesnt look good-- To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 16, 2010, 5:52 PM point taken. my reply was mostly driven by the following statement "nowday wat am i hearing always is rahman busy wit concerts,rahman busy with his international commitments...it really makes me sick...wat do i as a fan of his get till now...wat international commitments have made him today...nothing...." I didn't think it was constructive criticism at all. I agree that a brutal fan base could contribute to the artists's growth but the above and few of the other mails that have been circulating these days contains comments like "his music has been crap since 2000. anyone who likes his music in recent times (except for Delhi 6) is lying to himself" etc. that's unwarranted and unnecessary. Not liking an album is fine (I don't like Endhiran- not my cup of tea) but trying to impose that view on everyone else in this group and also implying that people who think otherwise are being dishonest isn't healthy and is in no comparison to the Metallica analogy. Demanding better sound quality of an album and outrightly stating that whatever that's been churned out in the last 10 years is rubbish are two different things. Because if it's been that long, then I guess you may no longer be a fan of his music because at the end of the day change is the only constant thing in the world. And music is no exception to that. From: wiredbeats <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 August, 2010 10:26:53 Subject: Re: [arr] THE RAHMAN TODAY---doesnt look good-- I have a big point to make but first... Listen to this story. When Mettalica released their album Death metalic, few sections of the devoted fans blasted the sound quality. While most of them loved the album in it totality. The minority of fans who disliked the album found another strange thing. Few select tracks from the album were included in the popular console game guitar hero and the versions in guitar hero was far more clear as against the heavily compressed and noisy tracks in the CD. Soon, the fans made such a noise that they forced the recording company to send the entire album for re-mastering. The minority of fans who started the noise that the album sucks, became a potent force for metallica band to relook at the way their albums are recorded and engineered. I know the whole story and its very interesing on how few fans, moved the metallica band and their recording company.But thats for later. To me...this is the true fan base.This what an accomplished artist requires. A brutal fan base, which does not dilute reviews and certianly does not worship everything thats churned out. We as Rahman fan group are evolving and we will get there in terms of maturity. As such, already we together comprise the most intelligent and organised fan group any indian artist has. So lets give people some room to be critical and even harsh at times. No problem. Not liking an song or album is as normal as liking. you gotta be kidding if you say, i like all of rahman's tracks. Even he himself may not be liking all! Remixes I Originals I Opinions at http://www.wiredbeats.com From: Indmov Buff <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 16 August, 2010 5:50:39 AM Subject: Re: [arr] THE RAHMAN TODAY---doesnt look good-- Shai, is this the same guy who thought Raavan was a "my god" album! You even said that it was better than VTV and a masterpiece. What happened? And don't worry, Mani Ratnam is not going Harris Jeyeraj's way. And to answer your question "wat international commitments have made him today...nothing..." Have you forgotten the "international commitment" that brought AR two significant Oscars along with many other reputed music awards bestowed on an Indian for the first time! Come on Shai. Please try not to use phrases like " it makes me sic". AR is not our property. He is not our slave for him to do "something for us because we are his fans". He should be and is a slave to music and only music-that's why we are here. I think he deserves respect for that and enjoy what we can. Not all his albums may please you but remember that it pleases someone else out there. That's life. "Like a box of chocolates! " From: shai <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 August, 2010 20:36:48 Subject: Re: [arr] THE RAHMAN TODAY---doesnt look good-- hey bro, i agree wit ur comments...very true....its more to his brand name now....if endhiran doesnt have the line music by ar rahman i wouldnt have listned to it....only bcoz i believe that song compose by arrahman should be good making me to like the music a little more..thats all.... i wouldnt be surprise if shankar go on to work with harris jayaraj after this bcoz.nowday wat am i hearing always is rahman busy wit concerts,rahman busy with his international commitments...it really makes me sick...wat do i as a fan of his get till now...wat international commitments have made him today...nothing....do we really want to listen to english songs from an english movie which will not be like tamil or hindi songs that are so so soulful... rahman's success today is bcoz of his 90's songs...people are always talking about his 90's songs...but i now that delhi 6 is very very good...but in the 90's we get 3 or 4 delhi 6 standard of an album each year..... now he is busy with concerts...those who attended his concert will get the chance to see him and listen to his best songs...but this year he hasnt signed any movies so far....why?there are millions that couldnt go for his concert,wat will they get? i m enjoying endhiran{stand alone} but do u think its an album for a movie worth 120 million crores.....i dun think so..sivaji was perfect...nobody complained...if we compare endhiran wit previous shankar's albums ,wat do u feel...?mukalla muqabla song from the movie kadhalan was fantastic music at that time even now...the song is great enough to make people love him...but irumbile oru idhayam is indeed just a good song but we only liked it after listening many times why?thats the psychology...listening to a song for 10 days will make u like the song bcoz u are listening to like the song and not listening to a song that u like...its different... *90's = his music took him to reach greater heights *today = he is taking his music to reach greater heights.....think carefully which one do prefer... guys ...please understand ,im writing this as my personal oppinion...u can share ur views about it or even advise me if i m wrong...but dun be stupid by bashing me ....i m one of u who love to see arrahman get to reach greater heights by producing soulful songs...not soulful sound.....please forgive me if my comments hurt u guys.....sincerely.... i dont one to see one day mani ratnam's upcoming movie's music is composed by harris jayaraj...{his music is soulful,cheaper,faster and he has no concerts or international commitments to make directors wait for million years for his music) --- On Sun, 8/15/10, krishna prasad <[email protected]> wrote: From: krishna prasad <[email protected]> Subject: [arr] THE RAHMAN TODAY To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 2:14 AM Hi friends, The Rahman today is more dependent on his brand name than on the strength of his music or his tunes may be with the exception of a VTV or a RAVAN cos when i was listening to Endiran ( it was really a good album) but the fact was the music arrangement was not anything we could associate with Rahman. I was listening to Endiran as it was composed by Rahman only and if it had been by any other composer the critics would hav shred it to pieces. I understand that Rahman is busy with his international assignments and he his taking up tamil projects as they are forced on him. Dear sir don't take up any tamil projects and if you do, we need nothing short of a RAHMAN ALBUM meeting all the criteria associated with you.I feel this is something you could do to your dear old TAMIL FANS. The main point i would like to make is that Rahman's music should be enjoyed by EVERYONE and not just people would understand the finer aspects of Rahman's music which is what is happening right now as more and more people get alienated from our Oscar winner. Remember even Buddha's teaching could not have got the due acceptance if it had been so complex. I feel someone could take up this matter with boss, not as a compliant but as a general media feedback. regards Krishna
